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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

18): As a microbiologist, I know that study after study has highlighted the human health threat from using antibiotics as feed additives for hogs, chickens and cattle, creating super-bugs—bacteria that no longer can be treated with antibiotics. Slaughter Member of Congress, 28th District, New York Washington, Sept.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Finishing the cattle on grass is a far “greener” method. If these policies were adopted, small-scale animal agriculture would be a more economical model, and people would eat less meat. 5, 2008 To the Editor: Kudos to The New York Times for covering the much-neglected connections between meat and climate change.